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SASSY

/ˈsasi/5 letters

Definition of SASSY

adjective

Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

A modification of saucy, equivalent to sass + -y, originally used in American English. First attested in 1799, but in common usage only as of the mid-19th century.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, SASSY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SASSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

storms

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SASSY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SASSY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ASSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SASSY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SASSY?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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